Rocket, Pear & Parmesan Salad

I love creating different tastes and textures with salads and combining various ingredients that are healthy, low in fat and full of nutrients. Long gone are the days where a salad needs to be just lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber.

This quick and easy rocket, pear and parmesan salad combines the sweet crisp flesh of a buerre bosc pear with the peppery tang of the rocket leaves. The parmesan cheese compliments this salad with it’s sharp and nutty taste. Can be enjoyed as a main meal or as an accompanying salad to any dish.

Rocket, Pear & Parmesan Salad

Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Makes: 2 servings

Ingredients

200g rocket leaves

½ pear

50g shaved parmesan cheese

salt, pepper and virgin olive oil to taste

Method

Rinse rocket leaves and divide into two bowls.

Divide rocket leaves into two bowls

Cut ½ pear into thin slices and place on top of the rocket leaves.

Cut pear into thin slices

Place pear slices on top of the rocket leaves

Add shaved parmesan cheese to the rocket and pear salad.

Sprinkle shaved parmesan cheese over the rocket and pear

Add salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle with a little virgin olive oil, toss and serve.